Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Power Red’

ABSTRACT

A new cultivar of daisy-type spray pot  Chrysanthemum , ‘Power Red’, characterized by it&#39;s early, uniform and free flowering habit, its inflorescences with ray florets that are light red in color with bright yellow disk florets that open from buds that are purple-red in color, its vigorous freely branched growth habit, its small leaved dark green foliage and its uniform, rounded and outward spreading plant habit.

Botanical classification: Chrysanthemum×morifolium.

Variety denomination: ‘Power Red’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar ofChrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum×morifolium‘Power Red’ (syn. Dendranthemum×grandiflora) and hereinafter by itscultivar name, ‘Power Red’.

The new Chrysanthemum, ‘Power Red’, was discovered by the Inventors as anaturally occurring branch mutation of Chrysanthemum cultivar ‘PowerPurple’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 19,797) in a container in a greenhouse inMarch 2011 in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada.

Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar was first accomplished by oneof the Inventors via stem cuttings in March 2011 in Niagara on the Lake,Ontario, Canada. The characteristics of this cultivar have beendetermined to be stable and are reproduced true to type in successivegenerations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined tobe the characteristics of the new cultivar of Chrysanthemum. Theseattributes in combination distinguish by ‘Power Red’ as unique from allother cultivars of Chrysanthemum known to the Inventors.

-   -   1. ‘Power Red’ exhibits inflorescences that have ray florets        that are light red in color with bright yellow disk florets.    -   2. ‘Power Red’ exhibits inflorescence buds that are purple-red        in color.    -   3. ‘Power Red’ is early flowering with daisy-type inflorescences        about 3.7 cm in diameter when grown as a spray pot.    -   4. ‘Power Red’ exhibits a freely branched, uniform, rounded and        outward plant habit.    -   5. ‘Power Red’ exhibits a uniform flowering response.    -   6. ‘Power Red’ exhibits small leaved dark green foliage.    -   7. ‘Power Red’ exhibits a vigorous growth habit.

The parent plant, ‘Power Purple’, differs from ‘Power Red’ in having hasray florets that are purple in color and in blooming 2 days earlier.‘Power Red’ can be most closely compared to the cultivars, ‘Power Rosè’(U.S. Plant Pat. No. 22,052) and ‘Power Bronze’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No.19,675). Both cultivars are similar to ‘Power Red’ in plant habit,flowering response, plant size and foliage characteristics. ‘Power Rosè’differs from ‘Power Red’ in having ray florets that are light burgundyin color and ‘Power Bronze’ differs from ‘Power Red’ in having rayflorets that are light yellow in color and suffused with red purple toappear bronze.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearanceand distinct characteristics of the new Chrysanthemum, ‘Power Red’. Thephotographs were taken of plants grown in a 5-inch pan pot planted with3 rooted cuttings and grown under greenhouse conditions for 10 weeks inNiagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada.

The photograph in FIG. 1 provides a side view of a typical plant of‘Power Red’ in bloom when grown as a spray-type.

The photograph in FIG. 2 provides a close up view of the inflorescencesof ‘Power Red’. The Colors in the photograph may differ slightly fromthe color values cited in the detailed botanical description, whichaccurately describe the colors of the new Chrysanthemum.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The following is a detailed description of plants of the new cultivar asgrown in a 5-inch pan pot planted with 3 single pinched rooted cuttingsand grown under greenhouse conditions at an average temperature of 65°F. for 10 weeks in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada. The phenotypeof the new cultivar may vary with variations in environmental, climatic,and cultural conditions, as it has not been tested under all possibleenvironmental conditions. The color determination is in accordance withThe 2007 R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London,England, except where general color terms of ordinary dictionarysignificance are used.

-   General description:    -   -   Commercial classification.—Daisy-type spray pot            Chrysanthemum.        -   Flowering response.—Early blooming, flowering occurs after            short day treatment in about 54 days in spring, summer and            fall and 58 days in winter.        -   Plant type.—Herbaceous, grown as a potted Chrysanthemum as a            spray-type.        -   Plant habit.—Uniform, compact, mounded plant habit.        -   Height and spread.—Reaches about 15 cm in height and 23 cm            in width when grown under the conditions tested under            greenhouse conditions.        -   Diseases resistance.—No susceptibility or resistance to            diseases common to Chrysanthemum has been observed under            commercial greenhouse productions.        -   Root description.—Fibrous.-   Growth and propagation:    -   -   Propagation.—Terminal stem cuttings.        -   Time to root.—About 8 days at 20° C.        -   Production.—Rooted cuttings grown on at 65° F. finish in a            5-inch pan pot in 8 weeks.        -   Growth rate.—Vigorous.-   Stem description:    -   -   Stem color.—138A with pubescence of 138B and 138C.        -   Stem strength.—Strong and flexible.        -   Stem surface.—Pubescent.        -   Branching habit and quantity.—Freely branched, about 5            branches per stem after removal of the apical meristem            (pinching).        -   Lateral branch size.—About 10 cm in length and about 3.4 mm            in width.        -   Internode length.—Lateral branches in a whorl from pinched            node at base.-   Foliage description:    -   -   Leaf division.—Simple.        -   Leaf shape.—Limb is broadly ovate and narrowing towards            base.        -   Leaf base.—Limb base is cuneate, narrow base is truncate.        -   Leaf apex.—Rounded to broadly acute and minutely mucronate.        -   Leaf margin.—Matures to trifid to five-lobed with apex of            lobes rounded with minute mucrunate tips.        -   Leaf texture.—Upper surface slightly pubescent, lower            surface pubescent.        -   Leaf venation.—Palmate, color upper surface 144B near base            and blending to leaf color towards apex, color lower surface            138B near base and blending to leaf color towards apex.        -   Leaf attachment.—Sessile.        -   Leaf arrangement.—Alternate.        -   Leaf number.—Average of 15 per lateral branch.        -   Leaf internode length.—Average of 1.2 cm.        -   Leaf color.—Young and mature foliage upper surface; between            137B and 138A, young and mature foliage lower surface; a            blend of 138A and 138B.        -   Leaf size (fully expanded).—Average of 5 cm in length and            2.9 cm in width (expanded limb portion is an average of 3.4            cm in length).        -   Fragrance of foliage.—Fragrant if bruised.-   Flower description:    -   -   General description.—Inflorescence type — Composite, daisy            form with oblong shaped ray florets and disk flowers            arranged acropetally on a capitulum, inflorescences            typically borne in corymbs. Postproduction longevity —            Conditions dependent, inflorescences maintain good color and            substance for about 2 weeks in an interior environment.            Fragrance — Faint. Quantity of inflorescences — Average of            10 per lateral stem, about 150 per plant produced from 3            cuttings. Inflorescence size — About 1 cm in depth and 3.7            cm in diameter, diameter of disk about 1 cm. Inflorescence            buds — About 1 cm in depth and 8 mm in diameter, globose            becoming ovate in shape prior to opening, 183D in color with            phyllaries 138A to 138B. Peduncle — Strong, flexible, held            from upright to an angle of 30° to vertical, surface is            pubescent, an average of 2 cm in length and 2 mm in width,            138A in color with pubescence of 138B and 138C. Involucral            bracts (phyllaries) — Arranged in two layers, 138A to 138B            in color with translucent margins, about 4.5 mm in length            and 1.4 mm in width, surface is glandular and pubescence.            Receptacle — About 4 mm in diameter and 3 mm in depth, 144B            in color.-   Ray florets (pistillate):    -   -   Number.—An average of 26.        -   Arrangement.—In 2 rows.        -   Shape.—Elongated oblong.        -   Aspect.—Emerge vertical and open to primarily horizontal            when fully open.        -   Size.—An average of 1.5 cm in length and 6 mm in width.        -   Petal apex.—Rounded with one or two notches.        -   Petal base.—Cuneate.        -   Petal margins.—Entire.        -   Petal texture.—Glabrous on upper and lower surface and            ridged.        -   Petal color.—Opening upper and lower surface; 47C suffused            with 183D, fully open upper and lower surface; a blend of            47D and 48C and suffused with 183D, base surrounded pistil            N144D.-   Disk florets (perfect):    -   -   Arrangement.—Massed in center of receptacle.        -   Quantity.—Average of 98.        -   Shape.—Tubular.        -   Size.—About 5 mm in length and about 1.5 mm in width.        -   Color.—Immature 151B, mature 9C to 9D.-   Reproductive organs:    -   -   Presence.—Disk flowers are perfect, ray flowers are            pistillate.        -   Gynoecium.—1 Pistil per disk and ray floret, 4 mm in length,            style color 154D, stigma color 9B.        -   Androcoecium.—5 stamens per disk floret, fused into tube            surrounding style, anthers are translucent and color 154D,            pollen is moderate in quantity and 14C in color.        -   Seed.—Seed production has not been observed under conditions            tested.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Power Red’as herein illustrated and described.